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IIT JAM is a national level exam that is conducted to shortlist students for admission to MSc and integrated MSc courses offered by colleges accepting IIT JAM scores for admission. IIT JAM is jointly conducted by the IITs and Indian Institute of Science (IISC). The IIT JAM Exam serves as a benchmark for the post-graduate level science education in the country. the main objective of the exam is to provide the best opportunities for students to develop academic talent leading to a challenging and rewarding professional life in them.

There are some best books to prepare:

1. Statistical Physics - Reif
2. Heat & Thermodynamics - H.P. Roy & A.B. Gupta
3. Thermal Physics - Garg, Bansal & Ghosh
4. Thermodynamics Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics - FW Sears, G.L. Salinger
5. Thermal Physics: Heat & Thermodynamics - HP Roy & AB Gupta
6. Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics & Thermal Physics - F Reif

Steps to prepare:-

1. Refer Past Years' Question Papers.
2. Solve at least 10-20 Physics questions daily.
3. Know the Exam Pattern for IIT JAM.
4. Try to Solve all solved and unsolved numerical. Be thorough with numerical and formulae. In thermodynamics, it is necessary to understand the dedication of formulae.
5. Strengthen your mathematical skills - Physics questions require a great understanding of Mathematics and its terms.
6. Video lectures & visual study techniques are great tools promoting conceptual learning.
7. You must also practice the JAM Physics mock test, previous year question papers and sample papers to level up the preparation.

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All the best!

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Hello Aspirant!

There are various website from where you can access IIT Jam Physics syllabus, course related materials, sample papers and other materials. But you can download all these things in official website of IIT Jam. Also they provides various other things which can help you to prepare well for the entrance exam.

Also Careers360 provides sample papers of IIT Jam Physics and you can download it as pdf :

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Good Luck!

Hello Aspirant,

Here are some of the suggested books for each topic:

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter:

Quantum Mechanics - By Zetili / Griffith / Schaum's Series

Quantum Mechanics - MC Jain

Classical Mechanics- Kepler or Barclays, and HJ Pain

Modern Physics:

Molecular and Atomic Physics - By Rajkumar / White

Mathematical Methods:

Schaum's Outlines series

Mathematical Methods for Physics & Engineering: Riley, Hobson & Bence

Electricity and Magnetism:

Introduction to Electrodynamics: David J. Griffiths

Electricity & Magnetism: B.Ghosh

Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics:

Thermodynamics- Zemanski Dittman, Saha Srivastava

F. W. Sears and G. L. Salinger

Oscillations, Waves and Optics:

Optics - By Ghatak/ Brijlal and Subhramanyam

Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics:

Solid State Physics - By Kittel / M A Omar / S O Pillai

Semiconductor and Electronics - By Boylested /Gaekwad

These are some of the highly recommended books for each topic to help with your preparation.

Thank you!

Hello Aspirant,

In order to prepare for Quantum Mechanics for IIT JAM Physics,

Quantum Mechanics - By Zetili / Griffith / Schaum's Series

is one of the highly suggested books. This book is recommended if you want to gain a thorough knowledge of the subject.

However, there are other alternatives to this book which can be considered as well.

Thank you!

Hello,

You can prepare for IIT JAM from first year itself in gradual yet consistent manner, however you have to sustain the dedication which can become quite challenging for a lot of students, you can do certain things like getting acquainted with the exam pattern, marking scheme, important topics, syllabus etc, keep a print out of syllabus with yourself, that comes handy during preparation process, the entrance test is conducted for three hours having three sections, there will be a total of 60 questions for 100 marks, visit our page at https://university.careers360.com/articles/jam-exam-pattern to know more details regarding this, you can get acquainted with the syllabus at https://university.careers360.com/articles/jam-syllabus, you have to make a timetable once you get into serious mode based on daily, weekly and monthly schedule, choose appropriate study materials, and keep the options limited, since practice is key towards excellence especially in case of maths, hence this is something which you cannot skip at any point, and make notes pertaining to formulas, tips and tricks etc, this will help you a lot during revision, go through previous year papers at https://university.careers360.com/articles/jam-sample-papers, this will make you acquaint with exam pattern, marking scheme, important topics, weightage etc, and through consistent practice you can analyze your level of preparation and thereby improve your speed, and calculation.

Hi nilesh,

The syllabus of IIT Joint admission test(JAM) for Physics which I got from the official website consists of 7 topics. One of the topic is mathematical methods. JAM 2022 will be conducted by IIT Roorkee and it is said they have done some changes in the syllabus so check it out. Now the syllabus of 12th grade maths differs for each board. I am going to take reference from NCERT 12th maths textbook which is highly recommended for competitive exams and I would personally suggest it too. Now after comparing both syllabus of IIT Jam Physics and NCERT maths book, the topics which needs the most attention is Algebra i.e matrices and determinants, Calculus i.e integrals,derivatives and differential equations and Vectors excluding the 3 dimensional geometry. Starting from 12th board seems a good strategy and I hope your hard work pays off. I hope you got the answer you were looking for if not please l et me know.

All the very best.

Hey there

There are total six subjects in IIT JAM. These subjects are Mathematical Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Biotechnology.For the preparation of IIT JAM Physics, you can follow these 6 steps:

• Prepare according to the exam pattern. Read the right thing according to the exam pattern and don't waste time on useful topics.
• Understand the syllabus properly as mentioned below

1. Mathematical methods
2. mechanics and general properties of matter
3. oscillations waves and optics
4. electricity and magnetism
5. kinetic theory thermodynamics
6. modern physics
7. solid state Physics devices and electronics

• Make a timetable and follow it strictly
• Read important & rightful books
• Solve as much as you can the papers of the last year examinations
• Besides this solve also mock tests and sample papers.

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For IIT JAM physics having clear concepts and strong basics are always important. Remember selection of books are very important. Now you can read books which you have read in your semester exams but be relevant with the syllabus of IIT JAM. Also do practice previous year papers in order to test your skills in problems and to get accustomed with pattern of the paper.

Some of the books which are said to be the classic books for IIT JAM/JEST/TIFR are :

• Mechanics: 'David Morin','AB GUPTA' JC UPADHYAY, GOLDSTEIN
• Waves: 'NK BAJAJ'
• Quantum Physics (all the books are relevant to all the exams): Griffiths, Beiser, Resnick-Eisberg, Zetilli, Arhuldas(problem solving)
• Atomic Physics: Rajkumar
• Mathematical Methods: ML BOAS, HK DASS
• Electronics: VK MEHETA (Both Digital and Analog)
• Statistical Physics & Thermodynamics: BANSAL & GHOSH, Zemansky
• Electrodynamics: Purcell, Griffiths
• For problem solving you may use the books by Samvedna Publishers

To know more about IIT JAM  visit the link below:

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I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!

Dear Aspirant,

in order to avail admission at an IIT for pursuing your post graduation course of MSc. in the stream of Physics, you will have to appear for IIT JAM Examination. This is the only entrance exam you are required to appear for, to get admission at IIT for the stream of your choice. Admission is provided to interested candidates who have scored the cutoff score or rank in IIT JAM Examination.